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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 26, 2021

Nidec to buy back shares as outlook improves and profit, sales top estimates

The manufacturer raised its operating income forecast for the current fiscal year to u00a5155 billion, up from u00a5140 billion and an average projection by analysts of u00a5149 billion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2021

Was the Capitol riot sedition? Just read the law

In many nations, the threat of sedition prosecutions has been used to criminalize dissent — to intimidate, and even imprison people who object to what the government is doing.
JAPAN / Explainer
Jan 25, 2021

With bid policy set, localities in Japan roll dice on casinos

Areas interested in submitting proposals now have a clear schedule of when they can do so, and a better understanding of what they can and can't do during the selection process.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2021

Japan likely to hit COVID-19 herd immunity months after Olympics

Japan has arranged to buy 314 million doses, but problems seen in vaccine rollouts elsewhere have stirred doubt that Japan will get those supplies on time.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 25, 2021

'Get out Bolsonaro!' say ex-supporters in Brazil as COVID-19 spreads

Support for the country's leader has fallen by the largest amount since the beginning of his government in 2019, according to one poll.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 24, 2021

Top 5: The best teishoku restaurants in Tokyo

This isn't your typical “want-fries-with-that?” lunch. The Japan Times shares five of the best places to get a washoku set meal for dine-in or takeout.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 24, 2021

Four food delivery services in Japan you can order from that aren’t Uber Eats

Ordering takeout and delivery is still the name of the game in 2021. Luckily, Japan's food delivery industry has hit a growth spurt.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2021

Asia’s movie rebound is good news for everyone

In the absence of Hollywood fare, 'The Eight Hundred,” a Chinese war epic, became the world's top-grossing movie with a $460 million take.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2021

Lessons from living through a pandemic

COVID-19 has revealed that collectively we are not very good at dealing with situations of uncertainty.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 24, 2021

How U.S. CDC missed chances to spot COVID-19's silent spread

At a key moment in the pandemic when Americans were quarantined after possible exposure to the virus, the CDC resisted studying if the disease could be spread by those without symptoms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 23, 2021

Wisdom often fails the test of time

One generation's knowledge is the next generation's folly.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2021

Japan still has a mountain to climb before it can lift emergency

Public health experts had already cast doubt on whether a monthlong measure would be enough — especially given that the first emergency went on for six weeks.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 23, 2021

Thomas Bach says entire Olympic movement united in determination to stage Tokyo Games

Bach conceded it would be a 'huge undertaking' to get the games underway.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2021

Global cooperation in the age of COVID-19

Ultimately, to exit the pandemic in a stronger position than we entered it, the direction we need to head is toward greater dialogue, coordination and collective action.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2021

China’s disputed virus theory has shoppers shunning foreign food

The consumer distrust is being fueled at least partly by statements from the government, which has taken increasingly drastic steps to curb the risk of the virus spreading via food imports.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 22, 2021

Diet in review: Suga defensive on virus response but steadfast on Olympics

Japan's prime minister took heat from one opposition lawmaker after another during three days of question-and-answer sessions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 22, 2021

Step up adaptation to climate change now or risk 'enormous toll,' scientists warn

The scientists warned that a failure to respond to rising climate risks as governments try to revive their economies from coronavirus woes would have severe consequences.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 22, 2021

Biden seeks five-year extension of New START arms treaty with Russia

The treaty, which is due to expire on Feb. 5, limits the United States and Russia to deploying no more than 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads each.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 21, 2021

Race back to anime’s halcyon days with 'Redline'

The action-packed film about adrenaline-chasing racers in a distant galaxy draws fervent fans for its 10th anniversary.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 21, 2021

Asia wonders: Can a Biden-led U.S. return to form?

The newly minted U.S. leader is looking to reassure a world wary of capricious American foreign policy during the Trump administration.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 21, 2021

Vietnam steps up 'chilling' crackdown on dissent ahead of key Communist Party congress

The country has seen a record number of political prisoners, longer jail terms, and increased harassment of activists in recent years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2021

Biden, in a burst of climate orders, rejoins the Paris Agreement

The moves represent a first step in healing one of the deepest rifts between the United States and the rest of the world after Trump defiantly rejected the Paris pact.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2021

Biden sworn in to lead U.S. burdened with historic challenges

Biden said that the 'world is watching,' and that the U.S. would work to 'repair our alliances and engage with the world once again,' following four years of Trump's 'America First' policy.
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Japanese students struggle with description-type tests
The average correct answer rate for description-type questions in the Japanese-language section of the fiscal 2025 national achievement test for third-year junior high school students was as low as 25.6%, according to the education ministry.
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa approaches eastern Japan
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa is expected to pass east of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday morning.
Japan's jobs-to-applicant ratio falls to 1.22 in June
Japan's seasonally adjusted effective job-to-applicant ratio dipped to 1.22 in June, down 0.02 point from the previous month, according to the labor ministry.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
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